Marshall Plan meeting under way

STOCKTON – The Stockton Police force has lost 99 positions since 2009, Police Chief Eric Jones tells the crowd at the city’s symposium to introduce its plan to curb violence. So the police – while saying they need increased staffing – are focusing on high-crime areas.

STOCKTON – The Stockton Police force has lost 99 positions since 2009, Police Chief Eric Jones tells the crowd at the city’s symposium to introduce its plan to curb violence. So the police – while saying they need increased staffing – are focusing on high-crime areas.

So far, the plan is reaping results, Jones says, as police are focusing on guns and gangs. They’ve saturated such areas as California and Park streets, Ponce de Leon Avenue, Acapulco Way and Kelley Drive.

Earlier, consultant Donna Lattin told the symposium that violence is not only contagious, but learned. Programs designed to reduce violence should have positive ripple effects.

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